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“In the Valley, the best companies, entrepreneurs and investors are all in one place. It feels like a campus. Everything you do, from the morning run to the coffee run, is a networking opportunity. Compare this to the fragmentation in Europe, where the next meeting is always a flight away, and you can see why things simply happen more slowly over there. Thirty languages and insufficiently fluent English slow things down even further.”

(Guest columnist Loic Le Meur, in: The Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-startup100/8264672/Start-Up-100-Why-I-ditched-Europe-for-Silicon-Valley.html)

The Silicon Valley is indeed a hot spot for young entrepreneurs. They are motivated by the success of Silicon Valley “prototypes” like Facebook and Google and try to become as successful as they are. Not only young companies, however, are tempted by the area around Palo Alto, also big high-tech firms from the East Coast and Europe start moving west.

You are asking why? The great weather in California is not the only reason.

Here are five reasons why the Silicon Valley is the perfect start up for your company.

The Community

In the Silicon Valley you have nearly everywhere the possibility to hang out with people from your field of work. Not only that most of them will talk about your ideas, they are also willing to share theirs. You can hardly feel any rivalry although there are so many people working for different companies who might are competitors. It feels like their motto is “We’re all in this together”.

The Network

There are many people living and working in the Silicon Valley who probably already have more experience in the high-tech field than you have. They will definitely help you and point you in the right direction. They share their experiences and give advice.

Distractions

When you are working on new technologies, you might sometimes get routine-blinded. In such a case, it only helps to get out of your usual surrounding and do something totally different. Have a walk through the area, have a look at what others are doing, talk to them and you will absolutely find your way back to the solution of your problem.

Serendipity

In the Silicon Valley you never know who you might run into next, when going into a bar or just grocery shopping. It might be someone whose work you admire and you can immediately start a conversation with this person. Through these conversations, you could come up with new ideas or even a new job. You never know what is going to happen next in the Silicon Valley.